Cumulative update packages for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 contain hotfixes for the issues that were fixed since the release of SharePoint Server 2013. This update has a prerequisite.

Note This is build 15.0.4737.1000 of the cumulative update package.

We recommend that you test those hotfixes before you deploy them in a production environment. Because the builds are cumulative, each new release contains all the hotfixes and security updates that were included with the previous SharePoint Server 2013 update package releases.

Important notes about the cumulative update package

The Microsoft Office 2013 hotfixes are now multilingual. This cumulative update package contains updates for all languages.

This cumulative update package includes all the server component packages. Additionally, this cumulative update package updates only those components that are installed on the system.

This cumulative update supports long URLs (4,000 characters) in analytics reporting databases in SharePoint Server 2013. After you apply this update, administrators have to run the following cmdlets by using SharePoint 2013 Management Shell to have the database upgrade take effect:

iisresetpsconfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b

Note If you do not run the cmdlets, crawling will no longer work.

Improvements and issues that this cumulative update fixes

This cumulative update package fixes the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles:

How to obtain the cumulative update package

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Cumulative update package information

Hotfixes that are included in this cumulative update package

This cumulative update package contains all the .msp files that we released as hotfixes or as public updates that target SharePoint Server 2013. This update package also targets SharePoint Foundation 2013. Therefore, you do not have to install those packages separately.